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Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Application for Permit to Drill, Supplemental APD Information Sheet, and All Supporting Documentation, 47787-47788 2022-16701 Application for Permit to Modify and Supporting Documentation, 47791-47792 2022-16702 Oil and Gas Well-Completion Operations, 47788-47789 2022-16698 Open and Nondiscriminatory Access to Oil and Gas Pipelines, 47786-47787 2022-16703 Platforms and Structures, 47789-47790 2022-16697 Centers Medicare Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services PROPOSED RULES Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities, 47824-47920 2022-16217 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 47749-47751 2022-16681 2022-16682 Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Quarterly Listing of Program Issuances?April through June 2022, 47751-47765 2022-16717 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Safety Zone: Cumberland River, Nashville, TN, 47624-47626 2022-16634 Reentry Sites; Jacksonville, Daytona, Cape Canaveral, Tampa, and Tallahassee, FL, 47626-47630 2022-16743 PROPOSED RULES Safety Zones: Firework Event, Willamette River, Portland, OR, 47659-47661 2022-16670 Swim, Columbia River, Cascade Locks, OR, 47661-47663 2022-16669 Commerce Commerce Department See First Responder Network Authority See Foreign-Trade Zones Board See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration See National Telecommunications and Information Administration Consumer Product Consumer Product Safety Commission NOTICES Voluntary Standard for Gates and Enclosures, 47729-47730 2022-16693 Defense Department Defense Department See Navy Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 47730-47731 2022-16759 2022-16761 Comprehensive Autism Care Demonstration for TRICARE Eligible Beneficiaries Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, 47731-47733 2022-16742 Education Department Education Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Application to Participate in Federal Student Financial Aid Programs, 47734-47735 2022-16738 General Education Provisions Act Guidance for All Grant Applications, 47733-47734 2022-16741 Energy Department Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission PROPOSED RULES Acquisition of Petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, 47652-47659 2022-16081 Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency RULES Air Quality State Implementation Plans;
Approvals and Promulgations: Arizona; Maricopa County Air Quality Management Department, 47630-47632 2022-16740 Arizona; Maricopa County; Reasonably Available Control Technology?Combustion Sources; Determination to Defer Sanctions, 47632-47634 2022-16493 Tolerance Exemption: IN-11693: Oxirane, 2-methyl-, polymer with oxirane, di-(9Z)-9-octadecenoate, 47634-47637 2022-16645 PROPOSED RULES Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations: Arizona; Maricopa County Air Quality Management Department, 47663-47666 2022-16490 Arizona;
Maricopa County; Reasonably Available Control Technology?Combustion Sources, 47666-47669 2022-16492 NOTICES Pesticide Emergency Exemptions: Agency Decisions and State and Federal Agency Crisis Declarations, 47744-47748 2022-16646 Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration NOTICES Airport Property: Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, Manchester, NH, 47816-47817 2022-16685 Noise Exposure Map: Noise Compatibility Program and Request for Review, 47817-47818 2022-16750 Federal Bureau Federal Bureau of Investigation NOTICES Criminal Justice Information Services Division User Fee Schedule, 47794-47795 2022-16668 Federal Communications Federal Communications Commission PROPOSED RULES Updating the Intercarrier Compensation Regime to Eliminate Access Arbitrage, 47673-47688 2022-16237 NOTICES Meetings, 47748-47749 2022-16719 Federal Election Federal Election Commission NOTICES Meetings;
Sunshine Act, 47749 2022-16857 Federal Emergency Federal Emergency Management Agency NOTICES Flood Hazard Determinations, 47768-47777 2022-16748 2022-16749 2022-16753 2022-16755 2022-16756 2022-16758 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Application: Kaukauna Utilities, 47738-47739 2022-16713 Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., LLC, 47736-47738 2022-16710 Combined Filings, 47739-47744 2022-16730 2022-16731 2022-16732 Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co., LLC, Regional Energy Access Expansion, 47741-47742 2022-16708 Request under Blanket Authorization: Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America, LLC, 47735-47736 2022-16712 FIRSTNET First Responder Network Authority NOTICES Meetings: Board and Board Committees, 47696 2022-16718 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service NOTICES Endangered and Threatened Species: Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications, 47783-47785 2022-16762 Food and Drug Food and Drug Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Production, Storage and Transportation of Shell Eggs (Preventing Salmonella Enteritidis), 47765-47766 2022-16686 Foreign Assets Foreign Assets Control Office RULES Publication of Ukraine-/Russia-Related Web General Licenses 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25, 47621-47624 2022-16667 Foreign Trade Foreign-Trade Zones Board NOTICES Authorization of Production Activity: AIAC International Pharma, LLC (Pharmaceutical Products), Foreign-Trade Zone 61, San Juan, PR, 47696 2022-16724 Forest Forest Service NOTICES Forest Service Handbook:
Timber Cruising, Timber Sale Administration, 47689-47690 2022-16726 Health and Human Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services See Food and Drug Administration See Health Resources and Services Administration See National Institutes of Health PROPOSED RULES Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities, 47824-47920 2022-16217 Health Resources Health Resources and Services Administration NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children, 47766-47767 2022-16654 Homeland Homeland Security Department See Coast Guard See Federal Emergency Management Agency See U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services NOTICES Addition of Entities to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List, 47777-47779 2022-16754 Housing Housing and Urban Development Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Continuation of Interest Reduction Payments after Refinancing Section 236 Projects, 47781-47782 2022-16644 Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2, 47782-47783 2022-16666 Interior Interior Department See Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement See Fish and Wildlife Service See Land Management Bureau International Trade Adm International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of Korea, 47716-47718 2022-16639 Certain Steel Nails from the Republic of Korea, 47704-47706 2022-16643 Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People's Republic of China; Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the Republic of Korea, etc., 47711-47714 2022-16715 Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the People's Republic of China, 47714-47716 2022-16727 Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from Belgium, South Africa, and Taiwan, 47706-47707 2022-16642 Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value:
Certain Lemon Juice from Brazil, 47697-47699 2022-16640 Certain Lemon Juice from the Republic of South Africa, 47707-47708 2022-16641 Sales at Less Than Fair Value; Determinations, Investigations, etc.: Certain Steel Nails from India, 47719-47721 2022-16723 Certain Steel Nails from Sri Lanka, 47701-47704 2022-16722 Certain Steel Nails from Thailand, 47708-47711 2022-16720 Certain Steel Nails from the Republic of Turkey, 47699-47701 2022-16721 International Trade Com International Trade Commission NOTICES Complaint, 47792-47794 2022-16679 2022-16746 Investigations;
Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber from France, Mexico, and South Korea, 47792 2022-16752 Justice Department Justice Department See Federal Bureau of Investigation Land Land Management Bureau PROPOSED RULES Supplementary Rule for Public Lands Managed by the Missoula Field Office in Missoula, Granite, and Powell Counties, MT, 47669-47673 2022-16295 NOTICES Meetings: Withdrawal Application; Tonto National Forest/Town of Superior, AZ;
Correction, 47785 2022-16736 Temporary Closure of Selected Public Lands: Maricopa and Pinal Counties, AZ, 47785-47786 2022-16665 National Institute National Institutes of Health NOTICES Meetings: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 47767-47768 2022-16648 National Institute on Aging, 47767 2022-16716 National Oceanic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Fisheries of the Northeastern United States: Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery; 2022 Longfin Squid Trimester II Quota Harvested, 47644-47645 2022-16751 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Rationalization Social Study, 47725-47726 2022-16705 Endangered and Threatened Species: Take of Anadromous Fish, 47724-47725 2022-16729 Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group Final Restoration Plan; Wetlands, Coastal, and Nearshore Habitats and Finding of No Significant Impact, 47727-47728 2022-16709 Meetings: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 47723-47724 2022-16733 2022-16734 South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 47726-47727 2022-16737 Permits;
Applications, Issuances, etc.: Marine Mammals; File No. 26614, 47722 2022-16735 Taking or Importing of Marine Mammals: Naval Magazine Indian Island Ammunition Wharf Maintenance and Pile Replacement Project, 47722-47723 2022-16745 National Telecommunications National Telecommunications and Information Administration NOTICES Meetings: Board and Board Committees, 47696 2022-16718 National Resources Natural Resources Conservation Service NOTICES Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:
Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Funding Opportunity, 47690 2022-16704 Navy Navy Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 47733 2022-16760 Personnel Personnel Management Office NOTICES Performance Review Board Members, 47795 2022-16664 Postal Service Postal Service NOTICES Product Change: First-Class Package Service Negotiated Service Agreement, 47795-47796 2022-16650 Priority Mail Express and Priority Mail Negotiated Service Agreement, 47796 2022-16652 Priority Mail Express Negotiated Service Agreement, 47795 2022-16651 Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, First-Class Package Service, and Parcel Select Service Negotiated Service Agreement, 47796 2022-16649 Rural Housing Service Rural Housing Service PROPOSED RULES Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program, 47646-47652 2022-16637 Rural Utilities Rural Utilities Service NOTICES Funding Opportunity:
Rural eConnectivity Program, 47690-47696 2022-16694 Securities Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 47796-47797, 47800-47803, 47806-47807, 47812 2022-16676 2022-16677 2022-16678 2022-16671 2022-16673 2022-16674 2022-16675 Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Industry Guides, 47801 2022-16672 Application: Deregistration under the Investment Company Act, 47801-47802 2022-16653 Self-Regulatory Organizations;
Proposed Rule Changes: Cboe Exchange, Inc., 47803-47806 2022-16657 ICE Clear Europe, Ltd., 47809-47811 2022-16661 MEMX, LLC, 47799-47800 2022-16659 Nasdaq ISE, LLC, 47807-47809 2022-16660 Nasdaq PHLX, LLC, 47797-47799 2022-16658 Small Business Small Business Administration NOTICES Disaster Declaration: Alaska; Public Assistance Only, 47813 2022-16696 Mississippi, 47814 2022-16747 Nebraska; Public Assistance Only, 47813-47814 2022-16695 New Mexico, 47812-47813 2022-16692 New Mexico;
Public Assistance Only, 47813 2022-16691 Washington, 47812 2022-16757 Social Social Security Administration NOTICES Performance Review Board Members, 47814 2022-16728 State Department State Department NOTICES Meetings: International Digital Economy and Telecommunication Advisory Committee, 47814-47815 2022-16744 Surface Transportation Surface Transportation Board RULES Uniform Railroad Costing System Data Reporting, 47637-47644 2022-16598 NOTICES Exemption: Abandonment; Consolidated Rail Corp., Schuylkill and Carbon Counties, PA, 47816 2022-16725 Continuance in Control;
Ports of Indiana and Indiana Ports Railroad Holding Corp., Burns Harbor Shortline Railroad Co., 47815-47816 2022-16700 Operation; Burns Harbor Shortline Railroad Co., Porter County, IN, 47815 2022-16699 Transportation Department Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration NOTICES Fiscal Year 22 Safe Streets and Roads for All Funding, 47818-47822 2022-16662 Treasury Treasury Department See Foreign Assets Control Office DFC U S International Development Finance Corporation NOTICES Meetings:
Public Hearing, 47730 2022-16739 U.S. Citizenship U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Application for Citizenship and Issuance of Certificate, 47779-47780 2022-16690 Application for Naturalization, 47780-47781 2022-16689 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 47824-47920 2022-16217 Health and Human Services Department, 47824-47920 2022-16217 Reader Aids Consult the Reader Aids section at the end of this issue for phone numbers, online resources, finding aids, and notice of recently enacted public laws.
To subscribe to the Federal Register Table of Contents electronic mailing list, go to https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USGPOOFR/subscriber/new, enter your e-mail address, then follow the instructions to join, leave, or manage your subscription. 87 149 Thursday, August 4, 2022 Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of Foreign Assets Control 31 CFR Part 589 Publication of Ukraine-/Russia-Related Web General Licenses 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25 AGENCY:
Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury. ACTION: Publication of web general licenses. SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control
(OFAC)is publishing nine general licenses
(GLs)issued in the Ukraine-/Russia-related Sanctions program: GL 17, which was previously made available on OFAC's website and is now expired, and GLs 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25, each of which was previously made available on OFAC's website. DATES: GLs 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22 were issued on February 21, 2022. GL 23 was issued on March 11, 2022. GL 24 was issued on March 18, 2022. GL 25 was issued on March 24, 2022. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION of this rule for additional relevant dates. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Assistant Director for Licensing, 202-622-2480; Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs, 202-622-4855; or Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, 202-622-2490. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Electronic Availability This document and additional information concerning OFAC are available on OFAC's website: *www.treas.gov/ofac.* Background On February 21, 2022, OFAC issued GLs 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22 to authorize certain transactions prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 14065 of February 21, 2022, “Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Continued Russian Efforts to Undermine the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine” (87 FR 10293, February 23, 2022). On March 11, 2022 and March 18, 2022, OFAC issued GLs 23 and 24, respectively, to authorize certain transactions prohibited by E.O. 14065. On March 24, 2022, OFAC issued GL 25 to authorize transactions prohibited by E.O. 14065 or E.O. 13685 of December 19, 2014, “Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to the Crimea Region of Ukraine” (79 FR 77357, December 24, 2014). At the time of issuance, OFAC made GL 17, which had an expiration date of 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, March 23, 2022, available on its website ( *www.treas.gov/ofac* ). At the time of issuance, OFAC also made GLs 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25 available on its website ( *www.treas.gov/ofac* ). The text of GLs 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25 is provided below. OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL Executive Order of February 21, 2022 Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Continued Russian Efforts To Undermine the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine GENERAL LICENSE NO. 17 Authorizing the Wind Down of Transactions Involving the So-Called Donetsk People's Republic or Luhansk People's Republic Regions of Ukraine
(a)Except as provided in paragraph
(b)of this general license, all transactions prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) of February 21, 2022 that are ordinarily incident and necessary to the wind down of transactions involving the so-called Donetsk People's Republic
(DNR)or Luhansk People's Republic
(LNR)regions of Ukraine, including the divestiture or transfer to a non-U.S. person of a U.S. person's share of ownership in any pre-February 21, 2022 investment located in the DNR or LNR regions of Ukraine, and the winding down of operations, contracts, or other agreements in effect prior to February 21, 2022 involving the exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply of goods, services, or technology to, or importation of any goods, services, or technology from, the DNR or LNR regions of Ukraine, are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, March 23, 2022.
(b)This general license does not authorize any transactions involving any person blocked pursuant to E.O. of February 21, 2022 unless separately authorized. Andrea M. Gacki, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. Dated: February 21, 2022. OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL Executive Order of February 21, 2022 Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Continued Russian Efforts To Undermine the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine GENERAL LICENSE NO. 18 Authorizing the Exportation or Reexportation of Agricultural Commodities, Medicine, Medical Devices, Replacement Parts and Components, or Software Updates to Certain Regions of Ukraine and Transactions Related to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
(a)All transactions prohibited by Executive Order of February 21, 2022 that are ordinarily incident and necessary to:
(1)the exportation or reexportation of agricultural commodities, medicine, medical devices, replacement parts and components for medical devices, or software updates for medical devices to the so-called Donetsk People's Republic
(DNR)or Luhansk People's Republic
(LNR)regions of Ukraine, or such other regions of Ukraine as may be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State (collectively, the “Covered Regions”), or to persons in third countries purchasing specifically for resale to the Covered Regions; or
(2)the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of COVID-19 (including research or clinical studies relating to COVID-19) in the Covered Regions, are authorized.
(b)For the purposes of this general license, agricultural commodities, medicine, and medical devices are defined as follows:
(1)*Agricultural commodities.* For the purposes of this general license, agricultural commodities are:
(i)Products that fall within the term “agricultural commodity” as defined in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602); and
(ii)That are intended for ultimate use in the Covered Regions as:
(A)Food for humans (including raw, processed, and packaged foods; live animals; vitamins and minerals; food additives or supplements; and bottled drinking water) or animals (including animal feeds);
(B)Seeds for food crops;
(C)Fertilizers or organic fertilizers; or
(D)Reproductive materials (such as live animals, fertilized eggs, embryos, and semen) for the production of food animals.
(2)*Medicine.* For the purposes of this general license, medicine is an item that falls within the definition of the term “drug” in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).
(3)*Medical devices.* For the purposes of this general license, a medical device is an item that falls within the definition of “device” in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). Note to General License No. 18. Nothing in this general license relieves any person from compliance with any other Federal laws or requirements of other Federal agencies. Andrea M. Gacki, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. Dated: February 21, 2022. OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL Executive Order of February 21, 2022 Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Continued Russian Efforts To Undermine the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine GENERAL LICENSE NO. 19 Authorizing Transactions Related to Telecommunications and Mail (a)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (a)(2) and
(c)of this general license, all transactions prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) of February 21, 2022 involving the so-called Donetsk People's Republic
(DNR)or Luhansk People's Republic
(LNR)regions of Ukraine, or such other regions of Ukraine as may be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State (collectively, the “Covered Regions”), that are ordinarily incident and necessary to the receipt or transmission of telecommunications are authorized.
(2)This general license does not authorize:
(i)The provision, sale, or lease of telecommunications equipment or technology; or
(ii)The provision, sale, or lease of capacity on telecommunications transmission facilities (such as satellite or terrestrial network activity).
(b)Except as provided in paragraph
(c)of this general license, all transactions of common carriers prohibited by E.O. of February 21, 2022 involving the Covered Regions that are ordinarily incident and necessary to the receipt or transmission of mail and packages are authorized.
(c)This general license does not authorize any transactions involving any person blocked pursuant to E.O. of February 21, 2022 unless separately authorized. Andrea M. Gacki, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. Dated: February 21, 2022. OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL Executive Order of February 21, 2022 Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Continued Russian Efforts To Undermine the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine GENERAL LICENSE NO. 20 Official Business of Certain International Organizations and Entities All transactions prohibited by Executive Order of February 21, 2022 that are for the conduct of the official business of the following entities by employees, grantees, or contractors thereof are authorized:
(a)The United Nations, including its Programmes, Funds, and Other Entities and Bodies, as well as its Specialized Agencies and Related Organizations;
(b)The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA);
(c)The African Development Bank Group, the Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Group), including any fund entity administered or established by any of the foregoing;
(d)The International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies; and
(e)The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Andrea M. Gacki, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. Dated: February 21, 2022. OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL Executive Order of February 21, 2022 Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Continued Russian Efforts To Undermine the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine GENERAL LICENSE NO. 21 Authorizing Noncommercial, Personal Remittances and the Operation of Accounts (a)(1) All transactions prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) of February 21, 2022 that are ordinarily incident and necessary to the transfer of noncommercial, personal remittances to or from the so-called Donetsk People's Republic
(DNR)or Luhansk People's Republic
(LNR)regions of Ukraine, or such other regions of Ukraine as may be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State (collectively, the “Covered Regions”), or for or on behalf of an individual ordinarily resident in the Covered Regions are authorized, provided the transfer is not by, to, or through any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. of February 21, 2022. Note to paragraph (a)(1). Noncommercial, personal remittances do not include charitable donations of funds to or for the benefit of an entity or funds transfers for use in supporting or operating a business, including a family-owned business.
(2)Transferring institutions may rely on the originator of a funds transfer with regard to compliance with paragraph (a)(1) of this general license, provided that the transferring institution does not know or have reason to know that the funds transfer is not in compliance with paragraph (a)(1).
(b)All transactions prohibited by E.O. of February 21, 2022 that are ordinarily incident and necessary to maintaining, operating, or closing an account of an individual ordinarily resident in the Covered Regions, other than an individual whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. of February 21, 2022, are authorized, provided that transactions processed through the account:
(1)Are of a personal nature and not for the benefit of an entity, including supporting or operating a business; and
(2)Do not involve transfers directly or indirectly to the Covered Regions or for the benefit of persons ordinarily resident in the Covered Regions unless authorized by paragraph (a)(1) of this general license. Andrea M. Gacki, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. Dated: February 21, 2022. OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL Executive Order of February 21, 2022 Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Continued Russian Efforts To Undermine the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine GENERAL LICENSE NO. 22 Authorizing the Exportation of Certain Services and Software Incident to Internet-Based Communications
(a)Except as provided in paragraph
(c)of this general license, all transactions prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) of February 21, 2022 that are ordinarily incident and necessary to the exportation or reexportation, directly or indirectly, from the United States or by U.S. persons, wherever located, to persons in the so-called Donetsk People's Republic
(DNR)or Luhansk People's Republic
(LNR)regions of Ukraine, or such other regions of Ukraine as may be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State (collectively, the “Covered Regions”), of services incident to the exchange of personal communications over the internet, such as instant messaging, chat and email, social networking, sharing of photos and movies, web browsing, and blogging, are authorized.
(b)Except as provided in paragraph
(c)of this general license, all transactions prohibited by E.O. of February 21, 2022 that are ordinarily incident and necessary to the exportation or reexportation, directly or indirectly, from the United States or by U.S. persons, wherever located, to persons in the Covered Regions of software necessary to enable the services described in paragraph
(a)of this general license is authorized, provided that such software is designated EAR99 under the Export Administration Regulations, 15 CFR parts 730 through 774 (EAR), is classified by the U.S. Department of Commerce as mass market software under Export Control Classification Number
(ECCN)5D992.c of the EAR, or, in the case of software not subject to the EAR, is not listed under any multilateral export control regime.
(c)This general license does not authorize the exportation or reexportation, directly or indirectly, of services or software with knowledge or reason to know that such services or software are intended for any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. of February 21, 2022. Note to General License No. 22. Nothing in this general license relieves any person from compliance with any other Federal laws or requirements of other Federal agencies. Andrea M. Gacki, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. Dated: February 21, 2022. OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL Executive Order 14065 of February 21, 2022 Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Continued Russian Efforts To Undermine the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine GENERAL LICENSE NO. 23 Certain Transactions in Support of Nongovernmental Organizations' Activities
(a)Except as provided in paragraph
(c)of this general license, all transactions prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 14065 that are ordinarily incident and necessary to the activities described in paragraph
(b)by nongovernmental organizations are authorized, including the processing and transfer of funds, payment of taxes, fees, and import duties, and purchase or receipt of permits, licenses, or public utility services.
(b)The activities referenced in paragraph
(a)of this general license are as follows:
(1)Activities to support humanitarian projects to meet basic human needs in the so-called Donetsk People's Republic or Luhansk People's Republic regions of Ukraine, or such other regions of Ukraine as may be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State (collectively, the “Covered Regions”), including drought and flood relief; food, nutrition, and medicine distribution; the provision of health services; assistance for vulnerable or displaced populations, including individuals with disabilities and the elderly; and environmental programs;
(2)Activities to support democracy building in the Covered Regions, including activities to support rule of law, citizen participation, government accountability and transparency, human rights and fundamental freedoms, access to information, and civil society development projects;
(3)Activities to support education in the Covered Regions, including combating illiteracy, increasing access to education, international exchanges, and assisting education reform projects;
(4)Activities to support non-commercial development projects directly benefiting the people of the Covered Regions, including related to health, food security, and water and sanitation; and
(5)Activities to support environmental and natural resource protection in the Covered Regions, including the preservation and protection of threatened or endangered species, responsible and transparent management of natural resources, and the remediation of pollution or other environmental damage.
(c)This general license does not authorize any transactions involving any person blocked pursuant to E.O. 14065, unless otherwise authorized. Andrea M. Gacki, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. Dated: March 11, 2022. OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL Executive Order 14065 of February 21, 2022 Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Continued Russian Efforts To Undermine the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine GENERAL LICENSE NO. 24 Transactions Related to the Provision of Maritime Services
(a)Except as provided in paragraph
(b)of this general license, all transactions prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 14065 related to the provision or receipt of civil maritime services performed by individuals who are ordinarily resident in the so-called Donetsk People's Republic
(DNR)or Luhansk People's Republic
(LNR)regions of Ukraine, or such other regions of Ukraine as may be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State (collectively, the “Covered Regions”), are authorized, provided that:
(1)Such services are performed outside the Covered Regions; and
(2)Such services are not performed on behalf of any entity located in, or organized under the laws of, the Covered Regions.
(b)This general license does not authorize:
(1)Any new investment in the Covered Regions prohibited by E.O. 14065, unless separately authorized; or
(2)Any transactions involving any person blocked pursuant to E.O. 14065, unless separately authorized. Andrea M. Gacki, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. Dated: March 18, 2022. OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL Executive Order 13685 of December 19, 2014 Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to the Crimea Region of Ukraine Executive Order 14065 of February 21, 2022 Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Continued Russian Efforts To Undermine the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine GENERAL LICENSE NO. 25 Journalistic Activities and Establishment of News Bureaus in Certain Regions of Ukraine
(a)Except as provided in paragraph
(d)of this general license, news reporting organizations that are United States persons, and individuals who are United States persons regularly employed by a news reporting organization, either as journalists (including photojournalists) or as supporting broadcast or technical personnel, are authorized to engage in the following transactions in the Crimea region of Ukraine, the so-called Donetsk People's Republic
(DNR)or Luhansk People's Republic
(LNR)regions of Ukraine, or such other regions of Ukraine as may be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State (collectively, the “Covered Regions”), to the extent such transactions are ordinarily incident and necessary to their journalistic activities in the Covered Regions:
(1)Hiring and compensating support staff in the Covered Regions ( *e.g.,* stringers, translators, interpreters, camera operators, technical experts, freelance producers, or drivers), persons to handle logistics, or other office personnel as needed;
(2)Leasing or renting office space;
(3)Purchasing, leasing, or renting Covered Regions-origin goods and services ( *e.g.,* mobile phones and related air time), selling such goods when no longer needed, or importing them into the United States;
(4)Renting and using telecommunications facilities in the Covered Regions and paying fees or taxes related to the dissemination of information and transmission of news feeds ( *e.g.,* fees for satellite uplink facilities, or live news feeds);
(5)Exporting and reexporting to the Covered Regions, and subsequently reexporting from the Covered Regions, equipment necessary for and ordinarily incident to journalistic activities, provided such equipment is designated as EAR99 under the Export Administration Regulations, 15 CFR parts 730 through 774 (the “EAR”), and further provided that such equipment is reexported from the Covered Regions to the United States or a third country when no longer needed for journalistic activities in the Covered Regions; and
(6)Paying for all expenses ordinarily incident and necessary to journalistic activities, including sales or employment taxes.
(b)Except as provided in paragraph
(d)of this general license, news reporting organizations that are United States persons are authorized to establish and operate news bureaus in the Covered Regions and to engage in the transactions set forth in paragraph
(a)of this general license to the extent such transactions are ordinarily incident and necessary to the establishment and operation of a news bureau in the Covered Regions.
(c)For the purposes of this general license, the term “news reporting organization” means an entity whose primary purpose is the gathering and dissemination of news to the general public.
(d)This general license does not authorize:
(1)Any new investment in the Covered Regions prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 13685 or E.O. 14065 other than as authorized in paragraphs
(a)or (b), unless separately authorized; or
(2)Any transactions involving any person blocked pursuant to E.O. 13685 or E.O. 14065, unless separately authorized. Note to General License 25. Nothing in this general license relieves any person from compliance with any other Federal laws or requirements of other Federal agencies. Andrea M. Gacki, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. Dated: March 24, 2022. Andrea M. Gacki, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. [FR Doc. 2022-16667 Filed 8-3-22; 8:45 am]
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